Subject English I (A1)

Schedule
Classroom
Date/Week 10th
Unit 8th
General topic Time & Special dates.
 Talk about important dates.
Communicative  Express degrees of certainly.
objectives  Describe special occasions: when and how long.
 Describe what happens at a festival.
Other  Ordinal (& Cardinal) numbers.
pedagogical  Choice questions (-or).
objectives  Prepositions of time (in, on, at).
Class  Workshop.
commitments
Keep this in mind:
Specially Especially
For a particular purpose. Particularly / Above all
(To emphasize).
Ex: Ex:
You'll enjoy playing tennis at our local club,
This shower gel is specially designed for especially on weekdays when it's not so
people with sensitive skins. busy.
Before adjectives, meaning particularly,
This computer programme is specially for
especially is more usual.
children with learning difficulties.
Ex: The road between Cairo and Alexandria
is especially dangerous at night.
Special Especial
Its use is confined to particular contexts
In all other cases and contexts, when it where it collocates with particular nouns:
means important or different from normal, especial interest, especial value when we
special is preferred: want to emphasise the exceptional nature of
this interest or value:
On special occasions we have wine with our The police took especial interest in his
meal, but certainly not every day. activities and watched the house
continuously.
Note: However, special is by far more common than especial. In fact, according to COCA
(Corpus of Contemporary American English) special is used about 600 times for every one
time that especial is used. In addition, unlike especial, special doesn’t need to be followed
by a noun.
 1. ENGAGE: Let’s play some games on the topics for this lesson.
(60minutes, from 12m to 1pm).
1.1. Hangman!
The students are divided into two groups and the teacher will ask them
to say words to complete the empty spaces on the board, avoiding being
"hanged" (The vocabulary will be related to the topics proposed for the
class).
The fireworks on New Year's Day are On Christmas Eve we wait for gifts.
the best!
I don't like doing anything on Fools' Day. My grandmother gets sad on Mother's Day.
In Colombia we celebrate Easter in April. I get sad every Father’s Day.
In the feast of Good Friday. When is Valentine's Day?
There are usually protests on May Day. Are you going to dress up on Halloween?
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1.2. Let’s play a videogame to practice prepositions of time2:

https://en.islcollective.com/video-lessons/bruno-mars-24k-magic-
prepositions-time-and-simple-present

2. EXPLORE: Practice and review on some topics.

(30minutes, from 1pm to 1:30pm).

2.1. Let’s play a videogame to practice how to know what time it is:

https://en.islcollective.com/video-lessons/clock-faces

2.2. Let’s play a videogame to practice some prepositions (in-on-at):

https://en.islcollective.com/video-lessons/soup-day

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To expand your vocabulary about special occasions and dates:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YMZJ2eM-aA&list=PL5bLw9Uguvv0Tyf6ESCAgqd2gEpyew9D2
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To expand and practice on this topic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lr1BBoNu6hI
https://www.curso-ingles.com/aprender/cursos/nivel-basico/prepositions/prepositions
 BREAK!
(30minutes, from 1:30pm to 2pm).

3. EXPLAIN: (1h30min, from 2pm to 3:30pm).

3.1. Prepositions (Time & Place): In – On – At:

https://whatsup.es/blog/la-lista-definitiva-de-preposiciones-en-
ingles-pdf
(Show information about the other prepositions).

Time (Muy general: años, School ends in June.

décadas, meses, siglos). I have been in Paris this summer.
What do you have in your mouth?
I Place (En/dentro de). He was in Paris for a few days.
N In writing In the shade
Some expressions (Por escrito). (A la sombra).
In white (De blanco). In the sun (Al sol).
In a hurry In poor health
(Con prisa). (Con mala salud).

Time On Monday.
(Fechas, días de la semana). On 5th May 1989.
Place On the shelf.
O (En/encima de). He left his book on the table.
N On the left. On this condition
Some expressions (con esta condición).
On the right. On the circumstances
(dadas las circumstancias).
On duty (de servicio). This is on me (Yo pago).

Time They arrived at two o'clock.

(Horas y momentos del día).
Place
A (La posición exacta que
T tenemos en un lugar).
Causalidad después de
adjetivos y participios (a, ante).
Actividades despues de un
adjetivo o participio (en).
Some expressions
I fell asleep at dawn.
He is at the bus stop.
The museum is at the end of the street.
She works at the Clinic.
Impatient at the delay.
He is good at writing.
She is amazing at the dance.
At the end. At war.
 Keep this in mind:

TIME PLACE
They were born in 1824. They were born in England.
IN
More general

I go to nightclubs on weekends. I walk on La Playa avenue.

ON

I will pick you up at 7 am. I’ll see you at Fase 2.

AT

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To expand and practice on the subject:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qki04CybAHo
https://www.aulafacil.com/cursos/ingles/a1/preposiciones-de-tiempo-at-in-on-ejercicios-l15452
https://www.curso-ingles.com/practicar/ejercicios/prepositions
 3.2. Numbers

 Cardinal numbers: say how many people or things there are:

Example:
There are five books on the desk / Ron is ten years old.

One (1), two (2), three (3), four (4), five (5), six (6), seven (7), eight (8),
nine (9), ten (10), eleven (11), twelve (12), thirteen (13), fourteen (14),
fifteen (15), sixteen (16), seventeen (17), eighteen (18), nineteen (19).

Keep in mind: -teen sounds like -tin in Spanish.

Twenty (20), thirty (30), forty (40), fifty (50), sixty (60), seventy (70),
eighty (80), ninety (90).

Keep in mind: -ty sounds like -ti in Spanish.

To form tens, add a hyphen (-) between the tens and the number:

Twenty-one (21), thirty-two (32), forty-three (43), fifty-four (54), sixty-five (65),
seventy-six (76), eighty-seven (87), ninety-eight (98).
To form hundreds:
A/one hundred (100), two hundred (200), three hundred (300)…

Use the word -and to match the hundreds to the tens:

Two hundred and fifty-five (255), six hundred and forty-eight (648)…
To form thousands: a/one thousand (1,000), two thousand (2,000).
Use a hyphen (-) between compound numbers and the word -and.
Separate three digits with a comma (,)

A/one thousand one hundred and twenty-one (1,121).

Nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine (9,999).
To form hundreds of thousands:

One hundred and thirty-three thousand, one hundred and twenty-seven (133,127).
Nine hundred and ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine (999,999).
To form millions:

One million, three hundred and fifty thousand, nine hundred and eighty (1,350,980).
Nine hundred and ninety-nine million, two hundred and thirty-five (999,000,235).
  Ordinal numbers: The abbreviation of Ordinal numbers is formed with the figure
followed by the last two letters of the whole word. Tens, thousands and millions
come together with a hyphen (-) or the word -and, just like cardinal numbers.

Cardinal Ordinal (abbreviated) Ordinal

1 One 1st First
2 Two 2nd Second
3 Three 3rd Third
4 Four 4th Fourth
5 Five 5th Fifth
6 Six 6th Sixth
7 Seven 7th Seventh
8 Eight 8th Eighth
9 Nine 9th Ninth
10 Ten 10th Tenth
11 Eleven 11th Eleventh
12 Twelve 12th Twelfth
13 Thirteen 13th Thirteenth
14 Fourteen 14th Fourteenth
15 Fifteen 15th Fifteenth
16 Sixteen 16th Sixteenth
17 Seventeen 17th Seventeenth
18 Eighteen 18th Eighteenth
19 Nineteen 19th Nineteenth
20 Twenty 20th Twentieth
21 Twenty-one 21st Twenty-first
22 Twenty-two 22nd Twenty-second
23 Twenty-three 23rd Twenty-third
24 Twenty-four 24th Twenty-fourth
30 Thirty 30th Thirtieth
31 Thirty-one 31st Thirty-first
32 Thirty-two 32nd Thirty-second
33 Thirty-three 33rd Thirty-third
40 Forty 40th Fortieth
50 Fifty 50th Fiftieth
60 Sixty 60th Sixtieth
70 Seventy 70th Seventieth
80 Eighty 80th Eightieth
90 Ninety 90th Ninetieth
100 One hundred 100th Hundredth
101 One hundred one 101st Hundred and first
200 Two hundred 200th Two hundredth
1,000 One thousand 1,000th Thousandth
10,000 Ten thousand 10,000th Ten thousandth
One hundred
100,000 thousand 100,000th Hundred thousandth
1,000,000 One million 1,000,000th Millionth
  The number 0

Word Explanation Example

Single digits (67890)
Oh (telephone numbers, codes). Six-seven-eight-nine-oh.
(-5 °C)
Zero Measurements (temperature). Five degrees Celsius below zero.
Figure 0 in British English, but in (5 – 5 = 0)
Nought American English zero is used. Five minus five leaves nought.
(The match ended 2 – 0)
Nil Results in sport. The match ended two – nil.
(40 – 0)
Love Tennis. Forty – love.

3.3. Writing the date:

 Write and pronounce the dates

below according to the forms
corresponding to each country:
5 / 8 / 45 USA May 8, 1945
29 / 3 / 95 UK 29th March 1995
6 / 31 / 00 USA
22 / 2 / 68 UK
9 / 12 / 99 UK
12 / 25 / 89 USA
15 / 6 / 02 UK

Practice:
https://www.curso-ingles.com/practicar/ejercicios/cardinal-numbers
https://www.curso-ingles.com/practicar/ejercicios/ordinal-numbers
https://www.curso-ingles.com/practicar/ejercicios/the-date
https://www.curso-ingles.com/practicar/ejercicios/time

To expand on these topics:

DATE https://www.curso-ingles.com/aprender/cursos/nivel-
basico/numbers-dates-time/the-date
NUMBERS https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/zahlen.htm
MATHEMATYCAL SYMBOLS
https://www.spanishdict.com/guia/simbolos-matematicos-en-ingles
All about British Holydays
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2t-YNi9ePE
 3.4. Parts of the Day:

At dawn At sunrise
(En la madrugada: justo (Al salir el sol).
antes de salir el sol).
I usually get up at Vampires hide at
dawn, around 5am. sunrise.
In the morning At noon
(Por la mañana). (Al mediodía).
I woke up at 10 in I don't like it when the
the morning. sun is at its peak.
In the afternoon In the evening
(Por la tarde). (Por la tarde-noche).
I usually play soccer
with my friends in the I like jogging on the
afternoon. beach in the evening.
At sunset At dusk
(Al atardecer). (Al anochecer).
The sky at sunset
is so beautiful. See you at dusk!
At night At midnight
(En la noche). (A media noche).
I feel better at night
than during the I’m always awake
rest of the day. at midnight.
You can practice about this topic here: http://www.learningchocolate.com/es/node/441

3.5. Ask questions using

"How long":

The expression "How long" is

normally used to ask about the
duration of something. A Spanish
translation would be ¿Cuánto
tiempo? And it can be used in
different tenses. For now, let’s
see how to use it in questions with
the Present Perfect
Continuous, Present Perfect
and Simple Past.
  Present Perfect: it is used to talk about an action that has started in the past
but is related to the present or is still in effect until now.

Signal words
Just
Yet
Never
Already
So far
Up to know
Since
For
Recently
How long

Example:

Affirmative Negative Question

Have / Has I have worked a lot! I haven’t worked a lot! Have I worked a lot?
+ Past
She has worked a lot! She hasn’t worked a lot! Has she worked a lot?
participle

How long have you worked a lot? I’ve worked a lot since 1995.
HOW LONG How long has she worked a lot? She’s worked a lot for decades!

Keep this in mind:

SINCE FOR
Para referirnos a cuándo la acción tuvo su El periodo total de tiempo que una acción viene
comienzo, es decir, desde qué año, fecha, mes, ocurriendo, es decir aquí calculamos el tiempo
semana, día, etc. viene ocurriendo la acción. desde el inicio de la acción hasta ahora.
Question Answer Question Answer
How long have you I’ve lived in this city How long have I've known her for
lived in London? since I was born. you known her? ten years.
  Present Perfect Continuous: It is used to talk about a past or recent action
(present result)4, which continues in the present. With this time, we emphasize
that the action lasted over time, that is, we put the emphasis on the continuity
of the action (ing). So, we usually use the past participle of “be”, this is “been”.

Signal words
All day
The whole day
Since
For
How long

Example:

Affirmative Negative Question

Have / Has I have been working a lot! I haven’t been working… Have I been working…?
+ Been + ing He has been working a lot! He hasn’t been working… Has he been working…?

How long have you been working? I’ve been working since dawn.
HOW LONG She’s been learning for two years.
How long has she been learning?
Keep this in Since when are you working here? I am working here since June.
mind: Since when is she learning? She’s been learning since she was a child.
SINCE WHEN

Do you know how long

has he been waiting for
me?

4 Example: I’ve been working very hard all day! That’s why I’m so tired!
  Simple Past: It is used to talk about actions that have Signal words
occurred in the past and have already ended by the time Last
we speak. It is common to use “How long ago” (¿Hace Ago
cuánto…?) to ask these types of questions. Yesterday
In / on / at …

Example:
Simple Past Affirmative Negative Question
I worked a lot yesterday. I didn’t work a lot Did I work a lot
(Regular- yesterday. yesterday?
irregular verb) She was there last season. She wasn’t there last Was she there last
season. season?

How long did you work yesterday? I worked a lot of time yesterday.
HOW LONG She was there all last season.
How long was she there?

How long ago did you work there? I worked there many years ago.
HOW LONG She was there six months ago.
How long ago was she there?
AGO

Keep this in mind: You can use “How long” to ask about the time it takes for
something to happen:
How long does it take to get Cusco by It takes approximately 21 hours by bus.
bus from Lima?
How long will it take us to repair the car? Maybe it will take us a couple of days.

To expand on these topics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqTo4EkeKrs
How to use “How long” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6IWq1YRL_k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8SmZODXCko
https://www.ef.com.co/recursos-aprender-ingles/gramatica-
Verb tenses of English. inglesa/verbos/
https://madridingles.net/preguntas-todos-tiempos-verbales/
 3.6. Questions with alternatives: Or
Questions with alternatives require a response chosen from the options given in the
question, and always contain the connection word "or".
Examples:
Do you like the ocean or the mountains? I like both, but I prefer the mountains.
Will you be driving your car or riding the bike? I still5 don't know, but I think I'll ride the bike.
Would you like to eat pizza or hamburgers? I think I’d rather6 to eat roast beef.
Did you buy the blue ball or the red ball? I didn’t buy either7.

3.7. Adverbs of Certainty:

HOW SURE?
Certainly Ciertamente I certainly appreciate your assistance.
Of course Por supuesto Of course you can go out with your friends, Cindy.
Definitely Sin duda Without water, those plants will definitely die.
Indeed Efectivamente This is indeed a remarkable discovery.
Obviously Evidentemente Obviously, we want to leave the beach now.
Really Realmente Does she really love James?
Surely Seguro /Sin duda If you eat too much, you'll surely gain weight.
Truly Realmente I'm truly sorry for the misunderstanding.
Undoubtedly Indudablemente Undoubtedly, this is the best show I've ever seen.
Likely Probablemente The sky is overcast so it's likely to rain.
Perhaps Quizás/Tal vez That castle, perhaps, has been uninhabited for many years.
Maybe Quizás Maybe you're right after all.
Possibly Posiblemente This is possibly her best performance as an actress ever.
Probably Probablemente Jack was probably out when you came yesterday.

4. ELABORATE & EVALUATE: Workshop to develop at home due to

temporary suspension of classes (2 lessons).

5 Let’s find out when to use "Yet", "Still" and "Already":

http://www.mansioningles.com/errores-gramaticales-ingles/diferencia-uso-already-still-yet.htm
6 To know the difference between “Prefer” and “Rather”: http://www.learnenglish-online.com/grammar/ratherprefer.html
7 Check it out to the difference between “Either” and “Neither”: https://madridingles.net/either-neither-both/